Repeated blood donation from elderly patients for autologous transfusion does not affect T-cell subsets

Accession number;06A0557957
Title;Repeated blood donation from elderly patients for autologous transfusion does not affect T-cell subsets
Author; SAIGO KATSUYASU (Kobe Univ. Hospital, Kobe, Jpn) HASHIMOTO MAKOTO (Kobe Univ. Hospital, Kobe, Jpn) HARA ISAO (Kobe Univ. Graduate School Of Medical Sci., Kobe, Jpn) HAYASHI NOBUHIDE (Kobe Univ. Hospital, Kobe, Jpn) TAKENOKUCHI MARIKO (Kobe Univ. Hospital, Kobe, Jpn) KUMAGAI SHUNICHI (Kobe Univ. Hospital, Kobe, Jpn)
Journal Title;Med Postgrad
Journal Code:X0599A
ISSN:0285-4716
VOL.44;NO.3;PAGE.324-326(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.1, REF.10
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;We assessed the effects of repeated autologous blood collection on the ratios of CD4/8 and Th1/Th2, and immunoglobulin levels of 8 elderly patients. The effects of repeated blood collection from the elderly patients were considered to be negligible. (author abst.)